TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
院
院 ＝ 阝 ＋ 完
ㄩㄢˋ · yuàn
noun — courtyard; institution
字源 FORM — what the parts do
阝義a wall of packed earth (阜)
IFTwán → yuàn
A packed-earth wall (阝) closing off a yard; 完 lends the sound, worn to yuàn. First the walled courtyard — 院子、庭院; then everything official that lives behind a wall and a gate: 醫院、學院、法院、電影院.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
土牆（阝）裡一方掃乾淨的院子——門關著，裡頭安安靜靜。
Inside the earthen wall (阝), a swept square of courtyard — gate shut, everything quiet.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)院子、庭院— the walled courtyard常用
→醫院、學院、法院— institution — the compound behind the wall常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension